Autumn Maple
The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Autumn|
Score
7.06
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Belgian-Style Brown Ale Brewed with Yams, Molasses, Maple Syrup and Spices
Brewed with 17 lbs. of yams per barrel (in other words, a lot of yams!), this autumn seasonal is a different take on the “pumpkin” beer style. Brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla, molasses, and maple syrup. Rather than ferment the beer with our traditional Belgian yeast strain, this version was 100% fermented with brettanomyces, adding a dry, earthy quality to the traditionally bold and spicy beer.
Brewed with 17 lbs. of yams per barrel (in other words, a lot of yams!), this autumn seasonal is a different take on the “pumpkin” beer style. Brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla, molasses, and maple syrup. Rather than ferment the beer with our traditional Belgian yeast strain, this version was 100% fermented with brettanomyces, adding a dry, earthy quality to the traditionally bold and spicy beer.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Country Boy. Pretty beer, dark red amber slightly murky. Full bodied and creamy. Malty taste dominated by yam and maple sweetness, with sweet malt finish. Nothing like a pumpkin beer, very interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Nov 2016
at 18:13
6/10
Old tick.
Tried
on 22 May 2016
at 17:02
7/10
Tried
on 22 May 2016
at 12:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(bottle) clear very bright reddish amber colour with a small beige head; aroma of stewed fruit, candy, spice; smooth palate; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish; very nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Apr 2016
at 18:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft 10 oz pour at Malt and Vine. Paid almost as much for this as the bottle is, because I’m an idiot. Bright cloudy orange pour with a thin fizz head. Big time sweet aroma with nape and vanilla. Sugar sweet, maple, brown sugar, and a cool finish. Interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jan 2016
at 16:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sweet and complex aroma and taste, but very much up my alley. Heavy on the sweet components - caramel, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, maple syrup - with a very smooth mouthfeel. Excellent.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2015
at 07:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Treated as a Belgian styled brown ale as The Bruery suggests.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a ruddy dark brown color with a slim layer of a foamy white head that surfaces and dissipates fairly nicely. Clingy lacing graces the glass adequately.
The smell starts off with subtle Brown styled ale notes of rich lingering roasty nutty, caramel, toffee and toast. And then subtle spices of ginger and allspice. Maple does come with a sweetness to balance.
The taste takes the previously mentioned flavors and really brings the sweetness of the maple to coat the spices in a semi-sweet sticky fashion. Maple enunciates the aftertaste and gives off a subtle sly sticky sweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a good sipping quality about it. Carbonation runs really light and the stickiness of the maple slaps my tongue with a big coating.
Overall, hmmm...this was one of my whales, so my expectations were set really high. I mean, I did like it a lot, but not a top 10 beer of mine, wishing the stickiness was dropped a bit, maybe a little bit less maple and I would think this would be a top ten beer.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a ruddy dark brown color with a slim layer of a foamy white head that surfaces and dissipates fairly nicely. Clingy lacing graces the glass adequately.
The smell starts off with subtle Brown styled ale notes of rich lingering roasty nutty, caramel, toffee and toast. And then subtle spices of ginger and allspice. Maple does come with a sweetness to balance.
The taste takes the previously mentioned flavors and really brings the sweetness of the maple to coat the spices in a semi-sweet sticky fashion. Maple enunciates the aftertaste and gives off a subtle sly sticky sweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a good sipping quality about it. Carbonation runs really light and the stickiness of the maple slaps my tongue with a big coating.
Overall, hmmm...this was one of my whales, so my expectations were set really high. I mean, I did like it a lot, but not a top 10 beer of mine, wishing the stickiness was dropped a bit, maybe a little bit less maple and I would think this would be a top ten beer.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2015
at 19:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a dark amber with a large white head. Aroma is plenty of spice. Large amounts of nutmeg and cinnamon but also a nice hop shows up. Flavor is also a big spice with a nice sweet maple syrup and brown sugar. No alcohol comes out as this warms. Don’t really get any yams but I don’t know what they would even bring out other than more sugars to ferment. This is all about the spice and it’s all here and very smooth and drinkable.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2015
at 19:06
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Aroma: pumpkin spices, caramel, Appearance: clear, amber, tan head Taste: medium sweetness, lightly bitter, Palate: medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish, Delicious
Tried
on 13 Sep 2015
at 21:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy light copper pour with a frothy tan head, aroma has dark fruits and vegetables, taste has a hint of spice, some caramel, some herbal action.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2015
at 10:30